Typical Marks
About
- Apprenticeships & Residencies
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Apprenticed with a master folk potter, Koishiwara, Kyushu, Japan
- Primary Work Experience
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1993
Faculty, Ceramics Department, University of Washington School of Art, Seattle, Washington
Other
- Public Collections
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Alfred Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred University, Alfred, New York
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, Arizona
Archie Bray Foundation for the Ceramic Arts, Helena, Montana
Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, Arkansas
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, Florida
Boise Art Museum, Boise, Idaho
Hallmark Art Collection, Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, Missouri
Johnson County Community College, Overland Park, Kansas
Jundt Art Museum, Gonzaga University, Spokane, Washington
The Kinsey Institute, Bloomington, Indiana
Kruithuis Museum, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, California
Museum of Arts and Design, New York, NY
National Museum of History, Taipei, Republic of China
Racine Art Museum, Racine, Wisconsin
rosenfieldcollection.com
Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island
Shigaraki Ceramic Cultural Park, Shigaraki, Japan
Spencer Museum of Art, Laurence, Kansas
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Republic of China
Victoria & Albert Museum, London, England
- Bibliography
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Clark, Garth. American Ceramics 1876 to the Present. New York, NY: Abbeville Press Publishers, 1987.
Dietz, Ulysses Grant. Great Pots Contemporary Ceramics From Function to Fantasy. Madison, WI, Guild Publishing, 2003.
Levin, Elaine. The History of American Ceramics from Pipkins and Bean Pots to Contemporary Forms. New York, NY: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., Publishers, 1988.
Takamori, Akio. Akio Takamori: Ceramic Sculpture. New York, NY: Garth Clark Gallery, 2000.
_______, Akio, et al. Between Clouds of Memory Akio Takamori, a Mid-career Survey. Seattle, WA: University of Washington Press, 2005.
Tourtillott, Suzanne J. Figure in Clay: Contemporary Sculpting Techniques by Master Artists. New York, NY: Sterling Publishing, 2005.
Veronika, Alice Gunter. 500 Figures in Clay: Ceramic Artists Celebrate the Human Form. New York, NY: Sterling Publishing, 2004.
- CV or Resume
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- Website(s)
Citation: Akio Takamori, "The Marks Project."
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